Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Larsen (left) and Jess Offord (right) stand in the oat field and discuss the harvest on August 3, 2025 in Byron, Minnesota.

This industry I love is full of innovation, including things that sound crazy, like microwaving the soil to kill weed seeds ...

In the Upper Midwest, crop conditions are much more variable than a year ago, when much of the region experienced good-to-excellent corn and soybean yields.

Farmers look at equipment on display at the Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day at the Iowa State University Horticulture Research Station in central Iowa on August 20, 2025. Weeds are a ...

Kansas farmer Stephen Kalb says the shutdown of USDA “just means a lot of uncertainty right now.” The government shutdown stops USDA from administering farm subsidies, raising the specter of growing ...

In a survey by the Ninth District of the Federal Reserve Bank, of Minneapolis, lenders share details of continued lower income and spending and higher demand for loans during the fourth quarter of ...

The Spring planting season of 2026 has been a mixed scenario for farmers across the Upper Midwest. Favorable weather conditions from late April until mid-May allowed for corn and soybean planting to ...

GIFFORD, Ill. (WAND) - The Midwest Ag Expo kicked off on Wednesday, drawing dozens of local farmers to the area. The crowd was full of multiple generations, as parents brought in their kids, ...

The farm bill has been extended for another year as part of legislation re-opening the federal government. Responses from agricultural groups and policy experts have ranged from applause to subdued ...